The relationship between humans and technology is interpreted differently by each individual. Technology impacts every single one of us in some way, whether it be healthy or not. Just in the past decade, technology has revolutionized and is practically unrecognizable from the beginning of its development. It has influenced many aspects of our society and has changed the way us humans live our daily lives. It has affected how we share and learn new online information, as well as our overall outlooks on life and the future. Though technology is a huge part of our modern society, not every human or generation has the same experience.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Blog #11: Final Blog Post
Friday, April 26, 2024
Blog #10: The Anti-War Voices of America
Looking back at the time of the Progressive Era to looking at today's society, not much has changed when it comes to censoring the political expressions of the American citizens. Our country has always treated free speech as a controversial idea, thus pushing many topics of political expression onto alternative, non-mainstream media sources. Those who express beliefs that differ from the government are often subjected to share their viewpoints on other platforms, such as social media apps, non-commercial websites, podcasts, blogs, etc. The government is trying to keep these powerful opinions and expressions tucked away from the eyes of the public to avoid any sort of retaliative actions or outbursts that might come from the American citizens. By censoring political expressions, including anti-war voices, the government is still able to gain control and only share certain pieces of information with the public.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Blog #9: EOTO Reactions
After observing the second set of EOTO presentations, I learned a lot of new information about different media terms and concepts. From my group, we presented Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sherman Anti-Trust Act, media consolidation, net neutrality, news deserts, and deep fakes. Some of the other terms and concepts presented in class were propaganda, alternative media, and mainstream media. It was very interesting learning about the different media concepts and how they impact society.
The first term that I learned about was propaganda, which is misleading or biased information to promote a particular side of the government. This was often seen during times of war and other worldwide crises. One main characteristic of propaganda is name-calling. This is 100% opinion-based, which means it causes controversy in society and influences the spread of misleading information. Propaganda is designed to evoke an emotional response from the viewers using information that appeals to concerns and insecurities. On the left is a famous example about World War II, designed in 1943 by J Howard Miller.
Although we were supposed to focus in on only one term or concept, I decided to discuss both of these, because I found them equally interesting. Propaganda was more popular around the time of the World Wars. On the other hand, alternative media is more popular in the present day with access to social media apps such as Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram. These are two great examples of how communication media concepts have had an influence in history and are still impacting today's society.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Blog #8: EOTO Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Blog #7: Innovation through the Lens of Diffusion Theory
Today, one of the most influential innovations is social media, specifically looking at TikTok. With our world becoming more technologically advanced, it is not surprising that this innovation has caught on and spread. The app TikTok was initially released in September 2016, under its former name Musical.ly. This app allows users to watch and create short clips using special effects and popular music. The Chinese-owned app has caused chaos within the United States government. The House has been working to implement a bill to ban TikTok in the United States. As this app has become greatly popular around the world, this has led to lots of backlash from viewers and content creators.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Blog #6: Privacy
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Blog #5: EOTO Reactions
After observing the EOTO presentations, I learned a lot of new information about different inventions. From my group, we presented the compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), television, cassette tape, personal computer (PC), and the camera phone. Some of the other inventions that were mentioned in class were the emoticon, emoji, and printing press. It was very interesting to learn about the evolution of technology throughout history. You don't really think about how big of an impact that technology has had on our nation's history.
The first emoticon has been traced back to a typo error in one of the speech transcripts of President Abraham Lincoln. The meaning of emoticon is pretty straightforward, it is an emotion icon. Using different keyboard symbols, people started to curate emoticons to share their expressions within their messages. The emoticons are made up of many symbols, including punctuation marks, numbers, and letters.
Though the emoticon was first founded in the United States, the first "emoji" was first introduced in Japan in 1997. The word "emoji" is derived from the Japanese meaning of "e" and "moji". In Japanese, "e" means picture and "moji" means character. Emojis have brought a new level of creativity and expression to the world of communication technology. Today, emojis have become vastly popular around the world with over hundreds of different emojis offered on Apple's emoji keyboard. These are a great alternative to show expression in online messaging conversations if you can't be face to face.
This is just one example of how impactful communication technology is on our world. There are so many other revolutionary inventions, including instant messaging, video games, postal service, and Netflix, as well as other streaming services. I was surprised at some of the information I learned from these presentations because I hadn't known the details about the inventions' creations.
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